Why Join the TBM Council?
Technology isn’t just a department anymore; it’s the engine of modern business. To truly unlock its value, leaders across your organization—from the C-suite to finance and technology teams—need a common language, shared understanding, and a clear path to optimize technology investments. That’s exactly what the Technology Business Management (TBM) Council provides.
The TBM Council is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline of TBM through education, standards, and collaboration. When you become a member, you join a vibrant community of over 20,000 professionals from more than 4,000 organizations in 110+ countries, including 92 Fortune 100 companies. This is where leaders connect, learn, and shape the future of technology business management.
What We Do for Our Members
The TBM Council provides unparalleled resources and opportunities across four key pillars:
Education & Certification
The Council offers a comprehensive suite of learning opportunities, from TBM certification courses and primers to best practices and an authoritative TBM book. These resources prepare, strengthen, and advance your skills and career.
Collaboration & Networking
Engage with peers through our annual global event, TBM Conference, our online community TBM Connect, regional summits, meetups, roundtables, virtual community meetings, and more. These platforms foster invaluable peer-to-peer collaboration.
Standards & Research
The Council drives the evolution of TBM practices by developing and refining the TBM Framework, TBM Taxonomy, business-value KPIs, and TBM playbooks. We also conduct the annual State of TBM Research and other industry benchmarking surveys.
TBM Ecosystem
We’re building a thriving ecosystem where technology providers, consulting firms, academic institutions, and industry associations collaborate to drive innovation and deliver exceptional value to our members.
Benefits for Every Leader
For CxOs:
Drive Strategic Impact & Business Growth
As a CxO, you’re tasked with ensuring technology investments directly align with business outcomes and drive growth. Joining the TBM Council provides an exclusive opportunity to connect with a peer network of top-tier executives from the world’s leading companies. This unique community offers a platform to:
Gain a competitive edge: Learn from the experiences and insights of other C-level leaders.
Make informed decisions: Leverage shared best practices and cutting-edge research to optimize IT spending, improve performance, and drive innovation.
Lead with confidence: Engage in value-based conversations with the board and stakeholders, demonstrating the strategic impact of technology on business performance.
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For Finance Professionals:
Master IT Costs & Drive Financial Excellence
As a finance professional, understanding and optimizing IT costs is critical. The TBM Council offers a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between IT and finance, enabling you to:
Gain clarity on IT spending: Access industry standards and best practices for greater visibility into IT costs, enabling better financial planning and decision-making.
Improve accuracy & efficiency: Standardize data and processes, leading to more accurate financial reporting and efficient cost allocation.
Quantify IT value: Learn to measure the business value of technology investments, justifying spending and prioritizing initiatives to drive financial excellence.
Collaborate effectively: Foster better communication and collaboration with technology teams, ensuring IT investments support overall financial health.
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For Technology Professionals:
Enhance Your Skills & Advance Your Career
As a technology professional, you’re constantly seeking ways to deliver greater value and stay ahead of the curve. The TBM Council offers invaluable resources to enhance your expertise and advance your career:
Access cutting-edge education: Benefit from TBM certification courses, Executive Primers, and in-depth resources that deepen your understanding of TBM practices.
Contribute to industry standards: Play a role in shaping the future of TBM by contributing to the development of industry standards and best practices.
Network with peers: Connect with other technology professionals globally, share experiences, and learn innovative approaches to streamline operations and improve service delivery.
Elevate your career: Develop highly valued TBM skills that will enhance your professional opportunities and help you deliver strategic value to your organization.
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Ready to Transform Your Technology Business Management?
As a member of the TBM Council, you’ll be part of a community that is helping spread awareness – inside and outside of your organization – about the value technology business management (TBM) brings to organizations.
Your technology strategy is your business strategy. Join us to learn more about technology business management and advance the discipline within your organization and beyond.
Membership Levels
Executive members
Executive members are TBM professionals who want to learn more about technology business management (TBM) and advance the discipline.
Qualifying members are executive leaders, including CIOs, CTOs, CFOs, CDOs, CFOs of IT, CISOs, CPOs, VPs, Agile and PMO leaders. Executive Members specifically represent industry leadership roles in IT, finance, agile, cloud, tech operations, product and portfolio management, corporate governance, and business relationship management.
Practitioner members
Practitioner members are TBM professionals who want to learn more about TBM in order to develop a TBM office or enhance their organization’s TBM discipline, including professionals who manage the day to day operations and systems for their TBM capabilities.
Qualifying Practitioners Members include: Director/Manager of IT, TBMAs, TBM Office professionals, OCIO, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Architects, Cloud Architects, Cloud Engineers, Financial Technology Advisors, Agile COE, Agile Coaches, SAFe Trainers, Portfolio Managers, and Agile Transformation professionals. Practitioner Members represent roles in IT, finance, agile, cloud, business relationship management, and product management.
Associate members
TBM Council Associate membership is reserved for any technology or finance consultant or educator seeking to advance their knowledge of Technology Business Management. Associate members enjoy limited access to TBM Connect and certain Council events, early access to research and content, and other benefits as dictated by the Council.
Observing members
Observing members are members who are currently in job transition or are students looking to learn more about Technology Business Management. Observing members may attend any of our events and join most communities, but may not be able to join certain restricted programs. If you register for TBM Council membership with a personal email address, you will automatically be accepted as an observing member. Observing membership accounts will automatically deactivate after 6 months.
Get involved
- All categories
- Events
- Education
- Resources
- Newsroom
TBM Tuesdays
Interactive conversations, discussions, and best practices
Strategy communities
Collaborative member groups sharing TBM-related challenges, strategies, and best practices
The TBM Taxonomy
Discover the global standard taxonomy to cost, price, plan and analyze products, platforms, applications and services.
Executive Primer
Get introduced to the framework of disciplines that drive value conversations for the world’s leading organizations.
TBM Summit APAC
- February 17
- Sydney
The Asia Pacific TBM Summit offers a packed full day of intensive learning and networking, featuring keynote sessions from industry experts, focused breakout sessions, and valuable educational opportunities designed to advance your Technology Business Management (TBM) skills. Enjoy ample networking events and a vibrant atmosphere.
Coffee Chat | Evangelizing TBM
- Virtual
Join peers on February 19 for an interactive Coffee Chat. Discuss real-world strategies for evangelizing TBM beyond IT in this slide-free, casual, and member-led conversation.
Maximizing AI Value in Banking with TBM
- Virtual
Join banking leaders for a roundtable on navigating the “Build vs. Buy” AI dilemma, aligning investments with efficiency goals, and transitioning AI from experiments to value-drivers.
TBM Practitioner Course & Certification (APAC)
- Virtual
Stay ahead of the ever accelerating pace of technology with the modernized Technology Business Management (TBM) Practitioner Course & Certification
TBM Practitioner Course & Certification
- Virtual
Stay ahead of the ever accelerating pace of technology with the modernized Technology Business Management (TBM) Practitioner Course & Certification
TBM Practitioner Course & Certification
- Virtual
Stay ahead of the ever accelerating pace of technology with the modernized Technology Business Management (TBM) Practitioner Course & Certification
TBM Council Launches “Performance Insights” Benchmarking Service Powered by the Technology Economists
January 26, 2026
New industry-specific benchmarking service leverages 33 years of data and 9 million data points to move organizations from cost-tracking to business value. BELLEVUE, WA – January 26, 2026 – The Technology Business Management (TBM) Council today announced the launch of Performance Insights, a strategic benchmarking service designed to help organizations
TBM Council Appoints U.S. Department of Transportation CDIO Pavan Pidugu to Board of Directors
January 19, 2026
Federal IT leader joins recently expanded Board to drive technology business value across Public and Private sectors. BELLEVUE, WASH. – January 19, 2026 — The Technology Business Management (TBM) Council today announced the appointment of Pavan Pidugu, Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT),
TBM Council Redefines IT Value Management with Launch of New “TBM Practitioner” Certification
January 13, 2026
New curriculum marks a strategic shift from executive awareness to applied, hands-on skills for managing the complexities of Cloud, FinOps, and AI. BELLEVUE, WA – January 12, 2026 – The Technology Business Management (TBM) Council today announced a comprehensive modernization of its global education program with the launch of the
TBM Council Appoints Four Distinguished Leaders to Board of Directors
January 6, 2026
Strategic infusion of expertise from Liberty Mutual, SunStream, and BlackRock to guide the TBM movement into a new era of global impact BELLEVUE, WASH. – January 6, 2026 – The Technology Business Management (TBM) Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline of TBM through education, standards, and collaboration